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Year 2 have been learning about the Jewish day of rest called Shabbat. They found out about how Jews prepare for Shabbat each week and what happens during Shabbat. The children tasted bread that is very similar to Challah bread and used their senses to write poems relating to what Jews would…

Year 3 discovered magnetic and non-magnetic materials as they studied non-contact forces. They planned an investigation to determine which magnet was the strongest and used paper clips to test them out. 
 

Year 4 reviewed their gymnastics skills today. They focused on:

- travelling (hopping, skipping and leaping) 

- jumping (pencil, straddle and star) 

- rolling (rock, teddy bear, pencil and forward roll) 

- balancing (front support, back support, arabesque, shoulder stand and bridge) 
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This year’s theme for Children’s Mental Health Week is ‘My Voice Matters’. The children in Year 2 have been reflecting on what matters of them in their immediate world and the wider world. The. children thought deeply  about this and represented what matters most to…

To celebrate pancake day Reception joined up with Nursery to make and eat some pancakes. We had toppings of strawberries, syrup, chocolate spread, marshmallows and bananas. Back in our class, we learnt that pancake day is also called Shove Tuesday and that it makes the beginning of Lent. 
 

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In Reception we were learning about Chinese New Year and that the symbol of the dragon was lucky. The children made their own moving dragons using a join fold. We learnt that if we were born in 2018 we were the year of the dog and if we were born in 2019 we were the year of the pig. We also learnt…

In Reception this half term we have been building on our gymnastics skills. We have learnt how to do a tuck, pencil and straddle hold and how to do a tuck, teddy and forward roll. We then moved on to learning how to do a pencil, twist and star jump and finished the half term with different ways to…

As part of their Design and Technology, Year 6 have been learning about how structures are strengthened and stabilised using a guyed mast and flying buttress. They then used their knowledge to design and create their own structure using spaghetti and marshmallows. They had to consider…

Today we celebrated Pancake Day! 

We made the Pancake batter using flour, eggs and milk and whisked it all together. 

Reception came to join us and Miss Vaughan and Mrs Palmer cooked and flipped the pancakes in the kitchen.

We were able to eat our pancakes with a variety of different…

I think we could have some budding actors in Year 6! Today Year 6 spent the day learning and rehearsing a play entitled ‘A Walk Through History’. At the end of the day, they performed it to the whole school. Well done Year 6!

Congratulations to the children in Year 5 who passed their Cyclewise level 1 and level 2 this week. They have all worked very hard to achieve this and are all keen to practice their new skills on the roads. 

Year 3 learnt all about AI, artificial intelligence. Where we use it in our everyday life, without even realising it!! When we use our phone, in our car, using Alexa, taking photos, using an internet search and so on. We created a poster to illustrate the opportunities and risks of using AI in our…